A Palestinian family has blamed illegal Israeli settlers for a Thursday firebomb attack that gutted their West Bank home, three years after a similar attack killed three of their relatives.

Yasser Abdel Fattah Dawabsheh told Anadolu Agency that settlers attacked his two-storey home in Duma at dawn, breaking a window and throwing a petrol bomb before running.

“We were lucky that I was able to hear them when they attacked, so I was able to evacuate all my family out of the house,” he told Anadolu. “Fire crews reacted quickly and put out the fire before the whole house burnt down."

But despite the quick reaction of emergency services, Anwar Dawabsheh, Yasser's relative, told Middle East Eye that the family barely survived when they were unable to access the only way out of the house.

"The living room was burned after settlers hurled petrol bombs in it, and they could not reach the door exit," he said. "The fire started to spread to the bedroom, where the kids were asleep, and the bathroom."

Eventually, Anwar said, Yasser broke through a wall made of plasterboard, separating his home from his parents' home next door, and the family was able to escape.

"It takes five minutes to commit arson. Yasser and his family are still in shock and can't believe that their four kids, the oldest is aged seven, are alive," Anwar said.

"Between them and death were moments. They survived miraculously. Duma's people rushed to rescue them after 10 to 15 minutes of the attack."